mukiha wrote:This is the most abused phrase in wazua; so let me clarify...
pun means:
1. [n] play on words: a humorous use of words that involves a word or phrase that has more than one possible meaning
2. [v]use play on words: to make a pun or use puns
For example, when I wrote "@VituVingiSana ameandika vitu vingi sana", that is a pun albeit in Kiswahili... and it was intended, i.e., I wrote it with the intention of making a joke.
Many times I have seen wazuans writing "no pun intended" in sentences that have no pun at all.
@mukiha,yah right.
after googling ,i got the same answer ie;
What does no pun intended mean exactly?
when people say no pun intended, what are they saying? its confusing...and how do i choose if someone made the best answer..what do i click and where do i go
Hey mate. Well for starters, a pun is a play on words. So for example, I will quote this phrase to you: "the pun is mightier than the sword!" However we all know that the proper phrase is "the PEN is mightier than the sword." Therefore, the first phrase I quoted was a pun - a play on the word "pen."
Now what happens sometimes, and you will find this often in articles that are intended to be humorous, is that the phrase will be quoted with the added remark, "no pun intended"
eg: The pun is mightier than the sword. (no pun intended!)
It's really just a light-hearted way for the writer to acknowledge the fact that they have made a pun, but wasn't necessarily intended to come out that way. In some cases the pun really *was* intended, but like I said it's just a funny way of bringing it to the notice of the reader.
As far as choosing a best answer, you have the ability to pick one within three days of asking the question - it's fairly straightforward, there should be an option under each of your answers to pick it as the best. Anything after three days, and the question goes to a vote, which means the whole Yahoo Answers community get to pick a best answer.
Hope that helps!
And just remember - you can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish! (no pun intended...)
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